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14,519 questions • 31,435 answers • 941,456 learners
Bonjour à tous et toutes:
J'aimerais bien poser une question qui concern l'expression "sauter le pas". J'ai appris que cet expression signifie qu'on a décidé de se marier. J'aurais dire "jeter à l'eau", n'est pas? Je pense que cet expression est utilisé lorsqu'on parle d'un couple. Le deux veut-dire "take the plunge" en anglais. Seulement une observation. Don
Should this be "il l'a oublié"? It sounds weird without a direct object for oublier.
Hi, in this sentence "the basic principles remain the same.", why I can't translate it as "les principes de base restent pareils?
Which type of sentence structure does French use?
Is it ne vend pas
Or
Ne vends pas
in this context, if you were speaking of yourself and your partner, would you use 'on'? I thought that on was used as a more general term as we can use 'one' in English.
Why is 'le' in this sentence?
Also in "J'en vaux vraiment la peine !" in the lesson, why "J'en vaux..." instead of "Je vaux ..."?
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